I made the mistake of buying a flash drive not knowing what would and would
not work on the nls player. When I connected it to the player, I got a long
delay, a cartridge error and then the books would play. This flash drive
has a usage meter on it. I think that is the reason for the cartridge
error. Since then, I bought a cartridge and cable and it works great now!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
Century.
> Bob,
>
> What kind of thumb drives? Some work well with the player and others do
> not. NLS recommends Kingston data travelers. At first, I tried what I
> had
> here. Don't recall the brand but it didn't work. So I bought a 2-gig
> data
> traveler and it works perfectly. I don't think it's imperative that the
> books be in separate folders as far as the machine is concerned. It's just
> that it makes deleting a book much easier that way. As for the cartridge
> error, I think that's just the message you'd get with any storage device,
> cartridge or thumb drive.Lou
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Heiser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST
> Century.
>
>
>> Hello Martain,
>> I have a thumb drive for my N L S player it is an 8 gig drive.
>> My friend bought a 16 gig thumb drive for his N L S player.
>> He downloaded 3 N L S books, unzipped them and copied them to his thumb
>> drive under a folder books.
>> I wonder if the folder structure is the problem?
>> Most of the time, when he puts the thumb drive in to the player, it does
>> not
>> seem to see it as the player says Cartridge error as though there is not
>> a
>> cartridge in the player.
>> Have any ideas for the cartridge error message?
>> Thank you.
>> Bob Heiser
>> K9BOB
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:16 AM
>> Subject: Good Old "QST" in Digital Form, Finally I'm in the 21ST Century.
>>
>>
>>>I got a little box from my regional library last Friday
>>> containing one of the NLS digital players. One of the librarians
>>> there in Oklahoma City emailed me what I needed to sign up for
>>> the NLS bard site and I got the authorization to download on
>>> Monday.
>>>
>>> The February "QST" is apparently not ready for
>>> distribution yet, but I did download "QST" for January which I
>>> already had on tape to see what it is like and also to
>>> demonstrate the new technology for my local radio club. It all
>>> worked beautifully. The audio is perfect for voice. This is the
>>> cat's miaow, isn't it.
>>>
>>> I discovered that the NLS players remember your place in
>>> more than one book. I had downloaded a different Talking Book
>>> from bard and had read up to Chapter 4 in that book. I expected
>>> to loose my place there when I not only removed the thumb drive
>>> but removed the book that I had put on it and put in the "QST"
>>> on the same drive.
>>>
>>> Last night, I removed the "QST" from the thumb drive and
>>> replaced it with the other Talking Book again and discovered
>>> that the player still rememberred it was at the beginning of
>>> Chapter 4. Pretty neat!
>>>
>>> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
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